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Military service
Service number:
79834
Age:
33
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
31st Bn.
Birth:
March 22, 1881
Death:
September 24, 1916
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Son of the late James and Mary Jane Gillison, of Liverpool, England; husband of Florence Annie Hopkins Jones (formerly Gillison), of Brynford Rectory, Holywell, North Wales.
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
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Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Lance Corporal Douglas Gillison
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Douglas Gillison
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Douglas Gillison
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 91 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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